stop being a book snob

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I didn’t love The Secret History. I do love silly fairy fantasy books. I do find true life lessons and meaning in romance books. Yeah, I do get bored reading literary sometimes. There are classics that I simply adore.

I have seen book snobbery in all of its forms in my life.

The Classics — the people who look down on anyone who reads outside of literary fiction.
The True Fantasies — the people who don’t consider ‘romantasy’ or certain tropes aren’t true fantasy.
The Trope Chasers — the people who read (or write) to hop on bandwagons, like things only because they are popular, and don’t try to expand their reading tastes.

& all the others.

The major rush in reading again was primarily pushed via romance books, and I’ve found that it’s falling into fantasy as well. Why isn’t that okay? Why do some people still turn their noses up at this?

True readers are people who pick up a book. That is it. It doesn’t matter what genre it is. It’s not a guilty pleasure; it’s just a pleasure.

I have read classics, thrillers, fantasies, literary fictions, historical fictions, romances, and basically every genre there is. There are books I love in each category and ones I don’t like in each category. Am I not a true reader?

Division is impossibly easy for us as a human race. I mean, just look around. For all of us to find a common ground in reading is such a beautiful thing. Does that too have to be something we fight over?

Stories, in all their forms, are sacred. No matter the genre you like, how many books you reread, or when you fell in love with reading, we all globally agree with that. There is no wrong way to write a story.

So, above all, read what you want and be proud. Be proud if you truly find joy in reading classics. Be proud if you only like reading romance. It doesn’t matter. It’s a book and it’s a story and it is sacred.

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1. The First Gentleman by James Patterson and Bill Clinton (Thriller): June 2, 2025

2. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Literary Fiction): June 3, 2025

3. The Impossible Trials of Benjamiah Creek by Jordan Lees (Kids): June 3, 2025

4. A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim (YA Fantasy): June 3, 2025

5. Flashlight by Susan Choi (Literary Fiction): June 3, 2025

6. Summers At The Saint by Mary Kay Andrews (Romance): June 3, 2025

7. The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark (Thriller): June 3, 2025

8. The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater (Historical Fiction): June 3, 2025

9. Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh (Fiction): June 3, 2025

Books I’ve compiled from a variety of bestseller lists. I add the books I haven’t before, since I’ve caught up to the new additions. If you’re curious, last week’s post can be found here.

1. Nightshade by Michael Connelly (Thriller)

2. The Knight and The Moth by Rachel Gillig (Fantasy)

3. Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde (Romance)

4. Tom Clancy: Lines of Demarcation by MP Woodward (Thriller)

5. The Love Haters by Katherine Center (Romance)

6. Uncommon Favor by Dawn Staley (Memoir)

7. Apple in China by Patrick McGee (Business & Politics)

8. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong (Literary Fiction)

If you have a book recommendation to share, send me a DM or email me at thesundayreads@gmail.com!

1. I’m really enjoying my recent arc of Spectacular Things! I think it releases on July 1st, so I’ll touch back in with a full review later. It’s a fiction book about two sisters.

That’s all for today. Much love

Izzy